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By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Mail (391) on 30 May 2013

Unlike the Christopher Lee movies of old, it feels compromised and convoluted, lacking in action, pace and scares as if caught between two…

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By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 30 May 2013

Lushly shot with colourful waves of emotion as well as darker, whispery horror, this stylised thriller takes a fresh approach to a tired genre…

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By Sarah Dobbs (23) for SFX Magazine (298) on 30 May 2013

Director Neil Jordan's return to the vampire genre is bloody and atmospheric, but at heart, it's about a girl who just desperately needs someone…

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By David Sexton (322) for London Evening Standard (2,015) on 30 May 2013

As a sketch of life on the margins in a tatty seaside resort, it works well enough. As an action pic, though, it's just too slow, too long…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 30 May 2013

This may be one vampire film that has bitten off more than it can devour…

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By Christopher Tookey (761) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 29 May 2013

Byzantium doesn't add enough that's new to the genre. I was never bored by it, but I wasn't excited, either…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 29 May 2013

Arterton's brash performance is arguably a little high-octane yet it balances with Ronan's wounded watchfulness…

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By Robbie Collin (1,612) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 29 May 2013

There's more to English Gothic than spurts of gore and heaving cleavage, and though Byzantium has both of those things in happy abundance,…

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By Anton Bitel (1,340) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 29 May 2013

Jordan has crafted a sophisticated Gothic narrative pitched between generic fantasy and more horrific realities…

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By Cath Clarke (570) for Time Out (7,510) on 28 May 2013

What's really missing is the vampire's tragedy: that ache, the loss of feeling, the sense that in killing death, the essence of what it is…

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By Damon Smith (31) for Birmingham Post (543) on 28 May 2013

The fractured chronology hampers dramatic momentum but Jordan navigates a clear path between past and present, drawing us into his heroines…

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By Rob Daniel (202) for Sky Cinema (1,726) on 28 May 2013

Bold, lyrical, visually arresting, with screenwriter Moira Buffini (adapting her own play) imbuing the whole thing with more than a touch of…

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By Ed Gonzalez (1,102) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 27 May 2013

Forlorn depictions of love and death may dignify Neil Jordan's film, but narrative withholding ultimately drives a stake into its unmistakable heart…

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By Andy Lea (545) for Daily Star (403) on 27 May 2013

This strange film never really finds the right tone, feeling a little too serious for a pulpy horror flick and a lot too pulpy for a serious drama…

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By Siobhan Synnot (412) for Scotsman (1,471) on 26 May 2013

Eye-catching though both performances are, Byzantium remains an indecisive oddity with Jordan's rhythm of reverie never quite finding its groove…

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By Kim Newman (791) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 26 May 2013

A mixture of tough and wistful and reflective and brutal, this is the ideal vampire movie for Twi-hards who’ve had their hearts broken for…

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By Stella Papamichael (611) for Digital Spy (1,161) on 26 May 2013

Finally, a full-blooded and truly original vampire movie, offering an antidote to the Sweet Valley-style sudsiness of the Twilight franchise…

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By Kevin L (2,013) on 24 May 2013

Jordan's return to vampire territory after his 1994 film Interview With the Vampire employs some clever visual techniques but nevertheless…

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By Matt M (2,511) on 24 May 2013

Jordan's return to vampire territory after his 1994 film Interview With the Vampire employs some clever visual techniques but nevertheless…

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By Jamie Dunn (104) for The Skinny (809) on 22 May 2013

The film often meanders, but ... delicious moments of surprise and invention more than compensate…

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